Members - Sound Of The Suburbs

[shuchr]

beats all the x factor shite punk rools from a 70s punk

[WeeklyAd3]

tinen tits n sweety bits.

[ConanTheBrightonian]

Oh boo, they missed out the bit about "What you listening to, there's nothing there! (That's right!)".

Still a great song though

[ferryvester]

hello

[BaalZobel]

shit, remember this in the clubs and the DJ pausing it at free, and the clubb yellin ANARCHY! not idea what it meant back then, but they all yelled it like they meant it. great days never to return

[Possetred]

Go Nicky Tesco! Top top song.

[wolfmans46]

Back then we did not have spellchecker, we lived off our own wits. Heathrow Jets crashing over our homes....Can't hear a word

[DeekMacGibson]

pure brill ma

[MrDischargeandi]

superb song! But the video was edited by Freddie Kruger methinks

[RichardHell1959]

Great gig : Eddie & the Hot Rods supported by the Members and the Magnets ......

[wolfmans46]

@malcolmcog What the Fuck does it matter what kind of watch he has, christ you kids know how to sell out an artist, Thank god back then this was the voice of a generation... GET ON FACEBOOK and make sure you use spellchecker!!!!

[malcolmcog]

@wolfmans46 You kids ? I was that generation and it was crap.Back then it was the voice of a generation ? Was it bollox, We can argue ad infinitum (try a spellchecker on that you plebian) to little or no avail. ta ta.

[24tesco24]

@malcolmcog - not a Rolex, a Seiko.

[malcolmcog]

I notice that the singer is wearing a Rolex, that well-kown symbol of the downtrodden workers.

[SpeedTriple59]

Still got this on 7 inch clear vinyl,cover made like a tv..awesome song,summed up life a treat..

[MerlinMonster2011]

see, this is real punk... no one knows the definition of 'punk' anymore... -__-

[MikeLacey52]

I saw them support the Hot Rods. Then again, I've seen them nearly 70 times. Hot Rods were pants.

[RichardHell1959]

any see them support Eddie & the Hot Rods when this was in the charts?

[TheJaidee23]

im 46 and been very privilaged to have been part of the punk scene from 76 i am going to die very soon {my life choice!}}i agree with body smart 43 give me crass and killing joke any day!big love!!!anarchy peace and freedom!!FUCK DA POLICE!@@

[bodysmart43]

shite plastic punk pop ...not punk....

[MorrisManDanceMan]

the music no is so crap bring back the good music like this the best music

[jpogues1]

I remember when this video came out. This is a great band and video.

[malcolmcog]

Wir halten suburb sounds apropos of sick society geführt durch woderful Cameron you are talking nonsense

[TheSwitchCleaner1978]

I WAS 20 WHEN THIS WAS RELEASED IN 1978 STILL LOVE IT AND THE REST THE DAYS WHEN WE HAD WORKING CLASS KIDS NOT THE PATHETIC GARBAGE AROUND IN OUR VERY SICK SOCIETY LED BY THE WONDERFUL MR CAMERON.

[narred]

@TheSwitchCleaner1978 i dunno why ppl say music now is shite. it's not. it's just more fractured.. u have to look more for what you like./ it doesn't come to you anymore. u have to ghoogle it andf all that crap. but there are so many great bands around now and always will be. i mean, take westlife, boyzone, take that [snigger]. ok, i'm taking the piss but therew are loadsa good bands out, admittedly, the good alt/rock scene/sound is better in the us [i'm from uk] but still.. great bands here

[s0dap0pkid]

one of the great Punk classics

[BobHall98]

I was around then, my favourite days, blessed to have been there, music today is shite !!!!!!!

[budahsbabe]

@BobHall98 well said so was i ....my kids music aint worth pissing on

[shuchr]

fucking 100% class



[tinablanche968]

great



[stevewr75]

Johnnys upstairs in his bedroom sitting in the dark,

Annoying the neighbours with his punk rock electric guitar !!!!

[sillyjumbledupshit]

It's fucking shite,I'm embarrased to admit I bought this crap

[JACKO6030]

i wasnt born when this was around my dad got me into it and it is brilliant

[lewisner]

Nicky Tesco had obviously watched the Stones "Brown Sugar" TOTP performance.

[yupyupyupwahoo2u]

When I was a teenager I used to collect all the punk, skin n ska albums that I could get my grubby little hands on. I was a 15 year old kid with a blue black mohawk, doc martins, braces and running out the door with my dads donkey jacket on. Dad would chase me calling me "A bloody surprised cockatoo!!" Course I was faster than him, and I'd spend the night on the Auckland city streets with my punk n skinhead mates....Good sounds goooood memories, loooong story.

[santz1969]

still great. remember listening to top of the pops with my dad. we both still love it.

[malcolmcog]

My nipples explode with delight

[ASTMA193]

This is a classic. Still sounds great today ;)

[d1scodogz]

what is the new sound of the suburbs? i-tunes

[shuchr]

thanx to the great john peel we got listening to great tunes rest in peace john peel

[shuchr]

fucking pure class



[1965DAZA]

13 dislikes ! what is wrong with these people ? this is a top tune.........

[houghton147]

Sod cliches! It's brilliant...the lyrics are superb...why didn't they do better??

[daffodil97]

1970 and 80s sundays

[owenrification]

A cliché but it was the anthem of my youth. Heady days indeed. Now I'm the old man out washing the car while sunday dinner slowly burns. What goes round comes around, twas ever thus, you just have to rustle up a wry smile and remember the good times...

[thejim789mac]

nicky tesco excellent great song.

[strummer114]

cowell must burn lol burra

[GAREMPOTS]

had this 7 inch clear disc wish i still did

[MrDinger24]

@GAREMPOTS Me too, wish I could find it

[swill689]

THIS IS THE SOUND

[richard444rob]

up with real punk

[Ozymaddyas]

I wasn't even born when this was made, but it beats all the mass-produced shite around nowadays...

[dudemusicspace]

@Ozymaddyas Yes it really meant something as opposed to pretending to mean something for the sake of a few quid... agreed.

[lewisner]

Maybe they weren't "real" Punk - who gives a shit? This sums up an era.

[TheRazorbladesmile]

brilliant stuff, proof as if it were needed you don't have to sound perfect to sound good, would take this over Simon Cowell crap any old day of the week

[michi12388]

@TheRazorbladesmile Totally agree!! Always said that some of the best music has been raw, imperfect with feeling, not like Cowell's money making clones.

[wolfmans46]

The Youth Club wanted to be free.. Where the fuck are the Youth Clubs. All gone..Now they want mediocrate and XBox, PS3 gone are the streets. Where are the chicks on the street and the guys who wanted to be something..

[AceholeFR]

thanks for the memoire of great sound , never forget !!!!

[johnbarry1965]

Long lost pop classic - WORKING GIRL- THE MEMBERS give your ears a treat!!!!!

[johnbarry1965]

with due respects to Rotten,Strummer,Weller this was more relevant to 70's kid's than Anarchy,Riots etc etc

[inshreds66]

He wouldn't be allowed to call himself Nicky Tesco these days, in case it worries shareholders. Shows how times have changed when Tesco was a cheap backstreet supermarket where no one would like to go or be seen and now people can't get enough of the place.

[ddramone100]

Dreadful, second generation ''new wave'', wannabe, meaningless poseurs. Compare this crap to similar bands of this type and this era : The Skids, Undertones, The Ruts etc. There is no comparison. Nicky Tesco, my arse.

[PinkneysDefiant]

Such a cleverly pieced together choon



[TheBelly58]

I thought life was crap when I was 20 and this was in the charts. Jeez, I wish I was 20 again....:)

[suggswashere]

love the memebers

spiders have a big members type sound. search spiders-where does this leave us now

[thejim789mac]

ncky tesco at his best.

[ecbean]

Bloody ace tune, cheers for posting!

[SaetanaDiablo]

The drums quite good, the bass is too loud and I can't hear the words... Epic!

[britelite2657]

Dem were da dayz

[stellafella67]

JUST FUCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKIN CLASS

[misternylon]

This is the sou ou ou ou ou ou ound!!!!!

[SHErocks1929]

Hey smart move--Id forgotten about these----got it saved now

Cheers @sham64andahalf

[akahappy100]

yes it did have a voice over and it still has on my original vinyl version that i have! Also the guitar sound was harder,edgier,still fucking great though!

[leighwhite]

Remember this class tune back in 79 but it had a voice over giving train departures from a London Station to the suburbs.

[theburner58]

Legend. !!!!!!!!

[real85er]

these are fantastics, you can see where The Rakes got alot of influence from.

[dingram3]

great band live. i miss this era quite a bit.

[crassadict211]

they´re tired of the suburbs, thats punk!!

[Snoventures]

First punk gig at 12 years old. Huddersfield Poly 1979

[MrPalbuk]

brings back the memories

[mickeybaumann]

sound from my teenager area !

[mikeshinodaisthebest]

Lets bring clash/punk back im 15 I dont care if im not one of the " cool kids " that listen to 50 cent and shit.

[paulcharters2]

Best song ever class

[bubbledick]

My Youth :) :)

[PeckhamExile]

Come on you wall!

[ASTMA193]

I remeber seeing these at Wolverhampton Civiv Hall. Great tune from the Punk era.

[Leneff]

I remember having a very Gay fight with "Tescos" little brother at Langley Park Boys School cos I had a Secret Affair badge on! We both ended up in front of the Head Master (Brian Pythian or something!) and agreed on a united front approach!!

[PenetreraEskimo]

Aint no post of the song G.L.C.. From the against racismrecord?

[cosak23]

thanks for the memory- as they say - A+

[wizzyb123]

brilliant gig last night! Brought it all back - 16 again!

[santz1969]

my dads fave tune.

[PeckhamExile]

@santz1969 ...your dads a man of taste..

[gordonw01]

Class Punk song.

[dobz41]

this was my first ever fave song...and still is

[jo1598]

I've got this on clear vynil!



[varflane]

Love it, still got the 45 (handling the big jets on reverse). Nice.

[6tautstrings]

One of my favorite tunes of the period. Great sound! Remember buying it on 45rpm. Nothing wrong with reminising eh?

[ScarletUtopia]

small town kills you slow

[pursey2]

The Members...Live in Paris "les Combustibles"...2 octobre 2010...with my band: the Fab Mods

[MrAmajor7]

One word...... classic.

[chriscarlinpearce]

Excellent song !!!!

[Fliunus]

man you fucking retarded music is something that you just put out its a way of art respect every kind of music dont matter how bad the fuckin tune sounds it came from someone who was trying to put somenthing out ! You dont have to like it just respect I dont know why people chose to kiss man while they could fuck with a hot girl but i respect thats it respect your motherfuckers

[SanPedroStudios]

These guys were F'd up ahead of their time. lol

[stevedexteruk]

You have an impeccable taste in music old chap…

[wayne23960]

still quality and im 50 now

[captaincomputa]

used to love this song when i was a kid

[DVDFRedshadow]

sound of the salads!!!!!

[hanman1]

They still test those Broadmoor sirens on mondays at 10:00am

[davesgcr]

I have the original 45 ! (much prized) -

[knavesmire]

@davesgcr I've got the original 45 on clear vinyl, pinched from Woolies in my school dinner break.

[davesgcr]

@knavesmire

Nicking from Woolies was all part of grwoing up in the 80's !!!

Hope you still have the (ill-gotten) 45 !

[catbreath007]

@knavesmire Hey me too, The B side is bloody good too !

[chelskifan1]

@catbreath007 was it handling big jets ?

[talktal]

why is the promo for solitary confinement not on youtube?

[Mariya1918]

Охуенная песня!

[VAG1NADINER]

Excellent!

The sounds of my youth.....

[methodairmoshpit]

one of the few UK punk bands that I love.

Also, to the kids: shut the fuck up about 'bollocks' and 'anarchy in the UK'. Especially if you live in America.

It's not 1977 anymore.

[johnnylongback]

@methodairmoshpit Strange comments, So many English kids, even older ones in their 30's have never heard of the Pistols,(let alone The Bansheess, that's sad) The Sex Pistols are our Musical Heritage. We should be proud of it. And if U.S. kids still wanna shout about Bollocks, well thats fine by me. You go back and carry on listening to M.J's "Thriller" and as a piont of fact The Members weren't even Punk, they were "New Wave"

[methodairmoshpit]

@johnnylongback Where the fuck did your Michael Jackson reference come from? I listen to mostly hardcore punk.

And I mean, it gets ridiculous. Why do kids worship the UK? Yeah, its a cool place but it didn't INVENT punk. New York had just as much to do with it.

[strattfordcrass]

@methodairmoshpit: Hardcore punk are decadence of US punk rock. It's a bad name, it was misused and it came from Crass scene (Discharge, Anti-System, Conflict, etc). Now, about NY/CBGB scene is as much to do with TALENT AND ORIGINALITY (Ramones, New York Dolls, Talking Heads, Richard Hell, etc) but you know it's different -- not meaning better or worst, just different.

[strattfordcrass]

@johnnylongback: The Members were "new wave" rather than "punk"? Don't get me wrong, but Sex Pistols is not "your musical heritage". John Lydon would laugh about it. They are a mystery that many people think as a made-up band and they couldn't care less about that. SP belongs to the world's youth of any generation, heritage, that cares to think. You talk about the SP like if you were talking about the Skrewdriver. The world is going backward and the meaningful things are losing it's charm :)

[talktal]

this sounds more closer to first generation uk punk than new wave. that whole crass gutter punk scene didnt come about until the second generation of punks in the late 70s/early 80s @strattfordcrass

[knausspiano]

This the band that sang Delilah in my conservatory with me on the old pianna!! Geez, love it!

[bloodypedant]

this is what gets me out of bed in the morning... punk is not dead!

[gary3640]

Loved this choon for: fuckin hell its 31 years now and it still sounds so fuckin good

[atombuzz]

great tune, they are playing at my local festival this year la pebbles on the beach

[Maxshard]

As I recall, these guys did there best to sound like dangerous street wise rebels but failed miserably. Remember this catchy song well though.

[Philotus1018]

Still have this on clear vinyl somewhere, signed by the band who came to the local record store in Sunbury. Do bands still do that kind of thing?

[POLARBEARLUFC]

I remember giving this record and many others like this to uncle buck for his private radio station when we were 14. If you read this GIVE ME THEM BACK YOU TWAT.

[Ricer1968]

FOR FUCK SAKE

[Hollandia777]

...same old borin' Sunday morning old man's out......

PUNX NOT DEAD!

[madtwatter88]

Punk Fucking Rock! - i love it!

[punkit743]

Remember buying this in clear vinyl, wish i still had all my old singles etc.

[WildmanBorneo]

HARRY BROWN for Prez

[Donuts62]

how many versions of this are there? I have heard at least four diferent sets of lyrics!

[KeswickPinhead]

Nicky Tesco for Prime Minister!

[dirtymiller]

a fucking ace song better that all the R AND B SHITE ...BRING ON THE CLASH SEX PISTOLS AND THE SKIDS AND THE STIFF LITTLE FINGERS ETC ETC ...

[DavidJHarrisonEssex]

They had 2 U.K hits: The Sound Of The Suburbes-#12-3rd/Feb/79

Offshore Banking Business-#31-7th/April/79.

*The original personnel was lyricist Nicky Tesco (Nick Lightowlers), (vocals), Gary Baker (guitar), and Steve Morley (bass guitar), with Steve Maycock or Clive Parker (drums). The band formed though an invited audition at a recording studio at Tooley Street, London in 76. Morley & Parker were replaced by Chris Payne & Adrian Lillywhite. In 1976, *Accoriding to Wikipedia.

[boxxichampion]

I saw the Members at wolverhampton civic 78/79. I think the support band was the Bernie torme band. Nicky Tesco was lovely, he drank in the bar with fans, a really down to earth guy. I was fortunate enough to have a chat with him, while i was talking to him somebody stole his hat , the very one he is wearing in the video. Not sure if he got it back. Does anyone know whether he did or not or better still did you steal the hat!

[Lavey35]

Wow played this song to death on my record player, in y bedroom

[ulty77]

yea m8 im 14 and i love this shit :)

ANARCHIST

[michael65stevens]

@mtaylor848 no hand guns in west yorkshire ??? where u livin

[richardpm38]

total classic

[gillianruby]

..'n johnny's upstairs in his bedroom sittin in the dark....... annoying tha neighbours with his punk rocker letric guitar..... cant remember this song not being in my life!

[omotherfuckenr]

this song will never get old! i fucken love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[trevlumb]

i was a punk ... still am in my heart.. and this is still the sound, god save the queen

[wherewereyou82]

Great ! One of the first singles I bought

[beckerleyanna]

I like having sex to this song....punk makes me feel like being baaad lol always has done always will...'love it' ;-) x x

[punkit743]

Had this on clear vinyl, wish I still had all my different vinyls ltd editions etc. Angelic upstarts dayglo green, dickies yellow, police deep red, police badge shape also. The list goes on and on, good times. Anybody miss vinyl and waiting on bands releasing singles/albums.

[mccon59]

@punkit743 I've still got the clear vinyl, is it worth much?

[punkit743]

@mccon59 you can get on ebay for couple of pounds upwards, you don't really get things like it now (some bands do) but when younger it was amazing to see what way bands issued stuff, picture discs, shaped discs etc. the good old days.

[mccon59]

@punkit743

Cheers for the reply, I'm not selling anyway.

I got a fair few 'gimmicky' singles at the time.

they haven't been touched for about 15 years - but stored carefully.

Got to get a new record player.

[Caff68]

2:32 !!

[thejim789mac]

great punk song and see wilko from dr feelgood on guitar.

[BoulevardTrash99]

more music like this yes!

[back2theoldskool]

One of my fave bands. Just wanna sing along to all their shit.

[punk1977lev]

i love you tube so many memories on here such as this went to see these so may years ago LOVE IT

[cola1cheese]

just saw them in putney, fuking brilliant still

[wadd123]

saw this band only bout 7 or 8 times best gig at the hope and anchor always great live. the energy they generated doesn`t come across on record great live band happy days.

[liverpoolbellend]

CLASSIC TUNE.

[Bloodyblackmore]

feckin great tune and im only 16, bollks to funking rap n rnb tiz all shit comped to this

[icantwipemyownass]

well said m8 this is a time when music had meaning to it all this rnb shite is fucking shit they need women with there cunts out to sell there music where as this is pure fucking class

[captaincomputa]

@Bloodyblackmore is right lad

[djslimdavid]

@Bloodyblackmore ,good on ya i was apunk in the 70s was a wicked wild and turbulant time but i have no regrets and still like to lay down a few trakcs and 45s,very loud ,

[MrJLaza]

@Bloodyblackmore i fucking love punk but i also really like true hip-hop like MF Doom and Planet Asia

[Palme1992]

On Saturday i will see this Legends ....

so great to see them in the middle of nohwhere of the Black Forest in Germany XD

[icantwipemyownass]

fucking top sound makes me want to have a couple of pints and a curry thanks for uploading m8, you got any good compilation albums to advise me to buy

[Wilthomer66]

One of my fave "non-mod band" tracks as a teenager!!

[WestAucksNZ]

....you just cant beat 'At the Chelsea Nightclub'. freakin' fantastic. now thats what i call music!!! "fat ladies clothes, spinnin' around in the washin' machine"......... timeless.

[TZukiMrAxlson]

@WestAucksNZ "1980 - The choice is yours" - lp its also great. Could someone post here something more this jam music of The Members!

[XVLaHireXV]

yes!!

[Hollandia777]

"The-same-old-borin'-Sunday-mo­rnin'.... "

[WildmanBorneo]

16 again, fucken love it...thanks

[TZukiMrAxlson]

This is mine...this is me! Members - i loved them 1979 and i still do and i ve never met everybody else who even knows that band...i cant stand it.

[WildmanBorneo]

Fucken ace.....I hate teenages....I am going to be Harry Brown...anyone with me?

[bigbaddwolff]

just watched nigel bennett (guitarist on the left) playing this song with the vibrators last night!